Losing the plot: DNA "barcodes" and taxonomy

Cladistics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-407

  Wheeler, Quentin D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646589850     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00075.x     Document Type: Letter

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